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Civil War Reenactors Will Throng the Bentonville Battlefield While Period Weapons Crack and Roar on Saturday, May 16

FOUR OAKS—Discover how Civil War soldiers lived in camp and what role the enlisted man played in battle during Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site’s annual summer living history program, scheduled for Saturday, May 16.
From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., period-costumed living historians will show how soldiers in this divisive war made meals, maintained their weapons [...]

Find Out How Washington Duke Grew Tobacco in the 19th Century

DURHAM—Discover how 19th-century farmers like Washington Duke grew tobacco in piedmont North Carolina by attending Duke Homestead’s annual “Planting Day” program on Saturday, May 2, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the state historic site in Durham.
Free and open to the public, this hands-on living history program will feature colorfully costumed interpreters transplanting tobacco [...]